Progress and challenges in targeting the SARS-CoV-2 papain-like protease

H Tan, Y Hu, P Jadhav, B Tan… - Journal of medicinal …, 2022 - ACS Publications
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative agent of the COVID-19 pandemic. The approval of vaccines
and small-molecule antivirals is vital in combating the pandemic. The viral polymerase …

Bench-to-bedside: Innovation of small molecule anti-SARS-CoV-2 drugs in China

L Yang, Z Wang - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in millions of deaths globally, highlighting
the need to develop potent prophylactic and therapeutic strategies against SARS-CoV-2 …

In vitro and in vivo characterization of SARS-CoV-2 resistance to ensitrelvir

M Kiso, S Yamayoshi, S Iida, Y Furusawa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Ensitrelvir, an oral antiviral agent that targets a SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro or
Nsp5), is clinically useful against SARS-CoV-2 including its omicron variants. Since most …

The Substitutions L50F, E166A, and L167F in SARS-CoV-2 3CLpro Are Selected by a Protease Inhibitor In Vitro and Confer Resistance To Nirmatrelvir

D Jochmans, C Liu, K Donckers, A Stoycheva… - MBio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro) has an indispensable role in the viral life cycle
and is a therapeutic target for the treatment of COVID-19. The potential of 3CLpro-inhibitors …

In vitro and in vivo characterization of SARS-CoV-2 strains resistant to nirmatrelvir

M Kiso, Y Furusawa, R Uraki, M Imai… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Nirmatrelvir, an oral antiviral agent that targets a SARS-CoV-2 main protease (3CLpro), is
clinically useful against infection with SARS-CoV-2 including its omicron variants. Since …

Remdesivir and GS-441524 retain antiviral activity against Delta, Omicron, and other emergent SARS-CoV-2 variants

J Pitts, J Li, JK Perry, V Du Pont, N Riola… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Genetic variation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has
resulted in the emergence and rapid spread of multiple variants throughout the pandemic, of …

Omicron genetic and clinical peculiarities that may overturn SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: a literature review

G Tiecco, S Storti, M Degli Antoni, E Focà… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic poses a great threat to global public
health. The original wild-type strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Genetic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Reveals High Sequence and Structural Conservation Prior to the Introduction of Protease Inhibitor Paxlovid

JT Lee, Q Yang, A Gribenko, BS Perrin Jr, Y Zhu… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to represent a
global health emergency as a highly transmissible, airborne virus. An important coronaviral …

COVID‐19 in early 2023: Structure, replication mechanism, variants of SARS‐CoV‐2, diagnostic tests, and vaccine & drug development studies

I Polatoğlu, T Oncu‐Oner, I Dalman, S Ozdogan - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus Disease‐19 (COVID‐19) is an infectious disease caused by severe
acute respiratory syndrome‐coronaviruses‐2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), a highly pathogenic and …

Remdesivir: a review in COVID-19

HA Blair - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Remdesivir (Veklury®), a nucleotide analogue prodrug with broad-spectrum antiviral activity,
is approved for the treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the illness caused by …